spotifyd VS mpris-ctl

Compare spotifyd vs mpris-ctl and see what are their differences.

mpris-ctl

Basic mpris player control for linux command line (by mariusor)
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spotifyd mpris-ctl
43 3
9,544 46
0.8% -
7.3 7.6
7 days ago 4 months ago
Rust C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only MIT License
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spotifyd

Posts with mentions or reviews of spotifyd. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-21.

mpris-ctl

Posts with mentions or reviews of mpris-ctl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-19.
  • Spotifyd
    17 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Dec 2022
    If you're interested in a better version of that I have a project that works with all players that support the MPRIS DBus interface: https://github.com/mariusor/mpris-ctl. I'm using it for keybindings to play/pause and show song information with a tiling windows manager.
  • nvim-spotify Plugin limited invite
    5 projects | /r/neovim | 24 Dec 2021
    My setup is using spotpris2 together with spotifyd and control them with mpris-ctl.
  • How do I control mpd through i3
    2 projects | /r/i3wm | 31 Mar 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing spotifyd and mpris-ctl you can also consider the following projects:

raspotify - A Spotify Connect client that mostly Just Works™

spotify-tui - Spotify for the terminal written in Rust 🚀

librespot - Open Source Spotify client library

mpris-scrobbler - A minimalistic user daemon to submit the songs you're playing to audioscrobbler services like listenbrainz.org, libre.fm and last.fm.

spotify-qt - Lightweight Spotify client using Qt

exportify - Export/Backup Spotify playlists using the Web API

spotify-cli - Control Spotify playback on any device through the command line.

nvim-spotify - For productivity addicts who enjoy coding while listening to Spotify, and cannot lose their focus switching to the app to control their music.

ncspot - Cross-platform ncurses Spotify client written in Rust, inspired by ncmpc and the likes.

mpv-mpris - MPRIS plugin for mpv

playerctl - 🎧 mpris media player command-line controller for vlc, mpv, RhythmBox, web browsers, cmus, mpd, spotify and others.